Automobile bumper



Feb. 26, 1929.

1,703,665 o. H. GoE'rz AUTOMOBILE BUMPER Filed 0612. 5, 1925 INVENTOR 05 Car 6.05/2' mmm@ Y violence maybeexpected in use, and either Patented Feb. 26,1929.

OSCAR H. GOETZ, GF'SPRI-NGFIELD, MASSAC v y 'COMPANY,' INC., A CORP .AUTOMOBILE IBUIMPIEIR.Y

nppuqqmsmed amper 5, 192i. )serial m. 60,405.

This invention relates to automobile bumpf ersv and has for. an object the provision ofV a spring-bar-bumper- Comprising en Aimprint section inelndnga vplurality of fiat metal barssuperimposed inthe .saine vert-leal plane and spaced vertically, extending all the wey across the front of the bumper aedhevlns their ends recurved to Vform individual end loops, the. recurned ends of the eornponent membersbein .edge bent diagonally toward each other meeting, near the loops, at a point where theends are iolned to eeeh other andV are also ioined to the ends of a rear baiP which .extends .for a .Considerable portion of its'length insnhstential parallelism with the impaot'bars,Y serving to connect the joints abore mentioned and also being adapted vto receiveclampsor other attaching means by which the bumper struoturewln 1ts entlrety ymay bie `supported trom e vehicle Y t l'llie bninper above described constitutes 4a. shock absorbing strnoturenotably eieient,

ossessingsniiieient nesilieneiI to. absorb ordi- Viiauy iiniiaets .without nndueslioek to. the vehicle or' vits -oeonpents andetthe sometime affording su ently rigid structure to resist more ,violent impaets. and provide for their complete absor tion. l nl.

A further -obJeCt- Aof the invention `15s 'toprof vde @modified bumper' .of the above type inwhioh means e rear bar and impeet members at one Ior more points betweenthe `ends thereoi, and suoli a Connection may beprovidedeitherbybendin forward the rear ber .etits middle region en Connecting the saine With'the lInPaot .Seetlon et .aieentral region .of the letter,

Vwhich are prefers, ly reef bar andthe peet of the impact section. Y These Acushion niembeiis' are prefereblsecured both to thereer endtotbie influent fs, as. for. exemple, .by..c1amps .extending between and .connecting the 4impact bars xto-.eiah .other and to one end of .theeush other ends .of the enshion desilbly bolted .or riveted to rre'onryed' loop members of the rear bar., at the joints therebetween.

lrposed between the b'S @Walid the endsmeinbers being the endsfof the Sueh additionalcounections between therear ,bar andthe impact bars, afford additional rigidityatregions whereimpaets of unusual of its provided .to eonneet the Vmembers l and 2 are'v sh or byA prod.-Y 'n lursllt ofs sein Loro-.isliion mem rs' 1 g a p y sie parallelism with spaced therefrom throughout the greater, or its length, as may bede? ion members., the' and also to the ends the central form of connection or that einTv bodying cushions atthe ends,

or both, man be provlded, 1n accordanceA with the service demanded bythe particular installation inA which the bumper of the improved ,type herein disclosed is to be employed.

Other features of the invention will appear from the subjoined lspecification and claims and are illustrated-inthedrawings.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 1s a View in* fnont'elevation oan 'automobile bumper inthe construction of.

which the invention hasbeen embodied.

Fig. 2 isa plan View thereof, F ig. 3 is a plan View of a modified bumper of the general type sho-,Wn inFigs. 1 andx.;

Fig. 4 is a planview of another modifica: tion. Y

In the illustrated embodiment,referring to Figs.. l 2 de esignateV upper and lower impact bals, preferably formed of dat resilient strips of steel arrangedinthe sameV vertioalplan and HUsET'rs, AssIGNoB To Anneleen einem .ORATION' OF'NEW YQRVX..

and 2, the reference numerals Ill and Y spaeed vertically-,.substantiallyas illustrated, l

these bars extending throughout the entire length of the bumper, .and ,constituting an im.-

and 2 are recur-ved toform'separatel 3 preferably lying each in the horizontalv piane n lesser, non-tion of sired, the form of rear bar illustrated in Figs. land 2 being parallel with, and spaced from,

the impact section, for substantially therein? bnl', and each end.r ofY i tire length of the rear the rear bar is bent Vforward asat into Substantial parallelism with the dal l ylbent endmembers '4 and 5, to Whichfthe end-por tions 8 of the rea-r bar are preferably secured, as for `example by the same bolts and rivets 6 which connect ,the impact bars tonada other, so that a single joint suices tocomplete the bumperstrueture at these reglons. f

AIDM-t.section at the .ends 'of whichthe bars lf particnlarlmpaet member, and-beyondA Y.

The impactmeinbers are desirably 1conthereof on each side nected to each other also by clamps 9 which also serve as means to maintain the vertically spaced relation of the impact members.

The bumper may be attached to a .vehicle by any suitable devices, not shown, these de bear the same reference numbers for corre- Y central clamping VJthereto by any suitable means,

sponding parts, the description of which need not be duplicated. f 'Y The modification consists in forming the rear bar with a forwardly projecting middle V portion 10 which extends vltoward the central portion of the impact section and is secured such as the bolt 12, and also with a spacing block l13 if it is desired to maintain the rear bar at an appreciable distance from the rear of the impact bars, although the portion 10 may engage the rear of the impact bars.

The rear bar preferably is formed with attaching portions 14 substantially parallel with the impact section and spaced therefrom, and this form of structure may be used'to advantage where shock-absorbing service of a more rigid character is to'be rendered by the bumper. Y

In Fig. 4 is shown still another modification lin which the impact members and rear bar are of identical structure, preferably, with the parts bearing the same numbers shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the modification in this form of bumper residing in the provision of a spa`cing member or flexible cushion 15 near each loop 3,V and preferably interposed between y section and rear bar at the region of the joint 6 on each side, the member 15- the impact having one of its ends secured to the recurved loop ends l and 5 by the same rivets or bolts 6 which connectthe ends 4 and 5 with the ends .8 of the rear between the end portion 16 of the member 15 and the loop end portions 4 and 5.

The forward ends 17 of the members 15 Vextend toward, and are preferably secured y: to, the impact section, as by means of clamps In'this 18 -which connect the top and bottom impact bars to .each other and which are connected in turn to the portion 17 of the members 15 by'bolts 19 and nuts 2l) latter modification a somewhat greater rigidity, of a yielding character howof each of the end loops 3, and-this type of structure is particularly serviceable where' heavy impactsare lto be guarded against,` proceeding toward the lendsof thebuinper. f Having described myy inven'tioml claim :f- .1. A bumper comprising a rearbar, and

bar, the ends 8 being embracedA an impactsection including a plurality of vertically spaced parallel front bars extend ingl throughout the length of the bumper and recurved to form individual endloops connected to each other and to therear bar by diagonal members, said rearbar being spaced from the front plane of said impact bars throughout. its length. v 2. A bumper comprising a. rear bar, and an impact section including a plurality of vertically spaced parallel'front bars extend ing throughout the length of the bumper and recurved to vform individual end loops con# nected to each otherand to tlierearbar by integral edge-bentV diagonal portions, said rear bar being spaced from the front plane of said impact bars throughout its length. Y

3. A bumper comprising a rear bar,` and an impact section including a plurality of vertically spaced parallel front bars extending throughout the length of the bumper and recurved to form individual open end "loops connected to each yother'and to the rear bar by diagonal members extending rearwardly from the vertical plane of the impact section to space said rear bar therefrom at the region of connection. Y j l ,Y

e. A. bumper comprising a rear bar," an impact section including a plurality of vertically spaced parallel Vfront bars extending throughout the length ofthe bumper and therefrom, said rear'bar being adapted for attachment to a vehicle.

5. A. bumper comprisinga rear an impact vertically spaced parallel front bars extending throughoutthe length of the bumper and recurved to form individual end loops con-Y nected to each other and tothe rear bar by diagonal members .extending rearwardly from the vertical plane of the impact section to space said rear bar therefrom,isaid rear bar being adaptedfor attachment toa vehicle andhaving itsV middle portion extended impact section. f

6. A bumper comprising a rear bar,fand

an impact sectionincluding a plurality of vertically spaced parallel'front bars extend recurved tofform individual end loops connected tok each other and to the'. rear bar by Vdiagonal members extending rearwardly p bar, and section including a plurality of Vforward toward the central portion `of the ingthroughout the length' of the bumper and Y leo 7. A bumper comprising a rear bar, and an impact section including a plurality of vertically spaced parallel front bars eXtending throughout the length of the bumper and i recurved to form individual end loops connected to each other and to the ends of the rear bar by diagonal members said front bars being also connected at a region between the ticallyspaced parallel front bars extending throughout'the length of the bumper and recurved to form individual end loops connected to each other and to the rear bar by diagonal members said front bars'bein also connected at a plurality of regions eac between the center of said impact section and Vsaid end loops.

specification.

OSCAR H. GoETpz. 

